02764cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000420011324500710015526400510022630000470027733600260032433700260035033800360037650000780041250000310049050800450052152014940056653400610206065300230212165300740214465300380221865300570225685600580231385600430237176028UtSlPG20260610134747.0mcr n260607r20251842utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aSedgwick, Catharine Maria,d1789-186710aHope Leslie: or, early times in the Massachusetts, volume 1 (of 2) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Leslie  aRelease date is 2025-05-06  aan anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer  a"Hope Leslie: or, early times in the Massachusetts, volume 1 (of 2)" by Sedgwick is a novel written in the early 19th century. The likely topic of the book is the early colonial period in Massachusetts, focusing on themes of cultural conflict, loyalty, and personal integrity amidst the complex relations between Puritan settlers and Native Americans. The narrative introduces characters such as William Fletcher, his family, and the Native American girl Magawisca, weaving their personal struggles into the broader historical setting of New England’s founding days.  The opening of the novel establishes the Fletcher family's background, marked by William Fletcher’s principled refusal to compromise his beliefs for love or fortune, resulting in his emigration to New England. It then shifts to his life in Massachusetts, depicting the hardships of colonial settlement, the integration of new family members, and the arrival of Indian servants, particularly the noble and thoughtful Magawisca. Through letters and interactions, domestic life, Puritan values, and tensions with Native Americans are vividly portrayed. As danger looms from possible attacks, the relationships between settlers and indigenous people are dramatized, revealing both the deep prejudices and the budding sympathies within the household, while a sense of impending crisis builds through Magawisca’s divided loyalties and the ever-present threat on the frontier. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Harper & Brothers, 1842  aHistorical fiction  aMassachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction  aWomen -- Massachusetts -- Fiction  aIndians of North America -- Massachusetts -- Fiction4 uhttps://archive.org/details/hopeleslieorear04sedggoog40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76028